The Northumberland Fusiliers

1674: The Irish Regiment
Viscount Clare’s
1675: in Dutch service
Regiment Engelsen Clare
1676: Regiment Engelsen Fenwick
1676: Regiment Engelsen Wisely
1680: Regiment Engelsen Monck
1688: to the English Establishment
Thomas Tollemache’s
Regiment of Foot
1689: Edward Lloyd’s
1694: Thomas Fairfax’s
1704: Thomas Pearce’s
1732: Sir John Cope’s
1737: Alexander Irwin’s
1747: ranked as 5th Foot
1751: 5th Regiment of Foot

5th-Foot
1782: 5th (Northumberland)
Regiment of Foot

1799: 2nd Bn raised
1802: 2nd Bn disbanded
1804: 2nd Bn raised
1816: 2nd Bn disbanded
1836: 5th (Northumberland)
Regiment of Fusiliers

1857: 2nd Bn raised
5th Fusiliers
The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
layout
1881: 1st Bn,    2nd Bn,
The Northumberland Fusiliers
Northumberland-Fusiliers
NF
1900: 3rd Bn and 4th Bn raised
1907: 3rd Bn and 4th Bn disbanded
1935: The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
RNF
1948: 2nd Bn disbanded
1948:
part of
The Yorkshire and Northumberland Brigade
1958:
transferred to
The Fusilier Brigade
Fusilier
1968: 1st Battalion,
The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
part of
The Queen’s Division